Flüchtlingsschiff
[ˈflʏçtlɪŋsˌʃɪf]
The verdict
“Flüchtlingsschiff” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schiff, mit dem Menschen zu fliehen versuchen
Corpus desk
Index DE-fluchtlingsschiff · Flüchtlingsschiff · German
Flüchtlingsschiff · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Flüchtlingsschiff |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈflʏçtlɪŋsˌʃɪf] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Flüchtlingsschiff“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Flüchtlingsschiff is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈflʏçtlɪŋsˌʃɪf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schiff, mit dem Menschen zu fliehen versuchen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Flüchtlingsschiff, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Flüchtlingsschiff, spelled F-L-Ü-C-H-T-L-I-N-G-S-S-C-H-I-F-F.
Definition
- 1Schiff, mit dem Menschen zu fliehen versuchen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Flüchtlingsschiff appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ich schaltete mein Radio ein und hörte von einem Flüchtlingsschiff mit dem Namen Exodus 1947, das versuchte, die britische Blockade zu durchbrechen, um nach Palästina zu gelangen.“
„Diese Hoffnungen schwanden, als sich Gerüchte verbreiteten, wonach mehrere Flüchtlingsschiffe bei der Fahrt über die Ostsee torpediert worden seien - Gerüchte, die sich bald als schreckliche Gewissheit herausstellten.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.